In Bengal, almost 100 women dumped in field after sterilisations

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Last Updated: Thu, Feb 07, 2013 15:52 hrs

Malda: In a shocking case, most of the 100 women who underwent ligation procedure at a sterilisation camp at a rural health centre in Malda district were abandoned in an open field adjacent to the facility.

The Manikchak Rural Health Centre in Malda district, where the surgical procedure was carried out on Wednesday, was bereft of any minimal infrastructure required for the operation, attending nurses and health workers under NRHM alleged while narrating the incident to reporters.

The semi-conscious women, many of whom belong to a minority community, were dumped casually in the most unhygienic condition onto the field under the open sky as onlookers casted curious gaze, the nurses alleged.

Some women were sent home by van-rickshaws without keeping the patients under a mandatory observation period.